South Korea's top trade envoy Cheong In-kyo said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff reprieve had provided room for negotiations, as the country seeks to reduce tariffs through talks.

President Trump said he opened trade negotiations with South Korea among the many countries that “want to make a deal with the United States.”

President Trump said there could be a potential trade deal in the works with South Korea, saying that the country has a team traveling to the United States to make a deal, nearly a week after

South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo said on Thursday that the government would seek to advance negotiations with the U.S. over tariffs in a bid to shake off the burden, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

South Korea’s trade ministry announced emergency support measures for its auto sector, saying President Trump’s 25% tariff on Korean cars and auto parts will cause significant damage. The ministry said it would increase policy financing support,

President Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning that he had a "great call" with the acting president of South Korea, former prime minister Han Duck-soo. Trump said the parties discussed topics including "the big time Military Protection" the U.

Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law triggered a four-month-long constitutional crisis in South Korea that was finally resolved last week by the decision of the Constitutional Court to uphold

The country’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, dismissing him from office four months after his short-lived imposition of martial law.

The mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, will announce his bid for the South Korean presidency, Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday. South Korea will hold a presidential election on June 3, after former president Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment stemming from a December martial law declaration was upheld on April 4.